Hurricane Ike comes ashore

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Hurricane Ike comes ashore

Hurricane Ike comes ashore in Texas on Saturday

A pile of debris left in the wake of Ike sits at the entrance of a shopping center in Kemah, Texas,

A street sign leans over flood waters left by Ike in Seabrook, Texas.

Cars drive past boats displaced by flooding in Bay View, Texas.

Bob Fretz walks through broken glass and debris from the JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston.

The lighthouse district is flooded by a storm surge in Kemah, Texas.

Debris covers Highway 146 in Seabrook, Texas.

Joe Rodriguez loses his balance as he wades through floodwaters after abandoning his stalled truck in Houston.

Keith Richardson, left, and his father Glenn Richardson motor through high water after retrieving some shrimp and deer meat from their flooded home south of Abbeville, La.

Mark Wells clear debris from Highway 146 as cars try to cross a causeway after Hurricane Ike passed through Clear Lake Shores, Texas.

This home was flooded north of Hackberry, La., after Hurricane Ike hit Saturday.

A boat lies in a street in Galveston.

Brian Devall, right, 16, and his friend Andrew David, 17, paddle a kayak through flooded streets to check on Devall's house in Galveston.

A National Guard truck drives through flood waters along LA-14 near Delcambre, La.

Alex Villegas checks the damage outside his Houston home.

Bret Simon walks along the sea wall as the second half of Hurricane Ike moves through Galveston.

Daryl Thompson carries his bike over debris from Hurricane Ike in Galveston.

A member of the National Guard assessment team radios in a report of high water on La. Hwy. 27 near Hackberry, La.

The surge at Galveston was 11 feet, about half of what was predicted.

By 9 a.m. EDT, the stubborn storm system had weakened a Category 1 with winds near 90 mph as it moved inland and passed Houston.

The eye of the storm powered ashore at 3:10 a.m. EDT Saturday at Galveston with 110 mph winds, just shy of a Category 3 storm.

President Bush, right, participates in a video teleconference briefing on Hurricane Ike Saturday.

President Bush, former governor of Texas, said rescue efforts were under way and warned businesses against price gouging at the gas pump.

An apartment complex damaged after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast is seen Saturday in Galveston.

Flood waters from Hurricane Ike inundate the town of Clear Lake Shores, Texas.

Flooding caused by Hurricane Ike is seen on a street in Corpus Christi.

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A pile of debris left in the wake of Ike sits at the entrance of a shopping center in Kemah, Texas,

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